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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Mind And Matter: Confessions Of A Perplexed Soul

Andreas Linninger, University of Illinois, Chicago, professor of bioengineering, chemical engineering and computer science (left), adjusts his 3-D glasses Jan. 24 as brain surgeon Ali Alaraj talks about viewing the brain inside CAVE2, a system of 72 stereoscopic liquid crystal display panels that encircles the viewer and creates a 3-D environment.

April 3, 2013 What can we say about how the brain creates our sense of self? A lot and yet surprisingly little, as it turns out. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser ponders the many challenges scientists face to make sense of our mind.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Is There A Place For The Mind In Physics? Part I

Where does the mind fit within the cosmos? Are they separate, intertwined or one and the same?

January 29, 2013 Is your Mind real, or just an afterthought in the life of your brain? What if the Mind was something as real as Space and Time and Higgs Bosons?

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Science And The Allure Of 'Nothing But'

A car cannot be reduced to an engine, just as a person cannot be reduced to a brain.

December 16, 2012 Science offers us Nothing But and we like it. Why? Why do we like to be told that we are nothing but our brains, when, after all, this is patently untrue? Alva Noë presses the question.

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Friday, October 12, 2012

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Are The Mind And Life Natural?

Do we really understand what's happening here?

October 12, 2012 Can natural science find a place for us in its vision of the cosmos? Thomas Nagel, in a new book, demands we take this question seriously. He is right to do so.

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